The moments – plural – actually. After winning a record 73 games in 2015-16, they could claim the greatest season in National Basketball Association history with four more victories.
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And Curry finally was at his best – in rhythm, looking healthier than he has since the start of the playoffs (after a brief scare on a play at the end of the first half on Monday), and determined to finish this.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at Oracle Arena.
“I see bright things for this team”, Durant said. They did in tone, without the hysteria to match the fan base around them, but not in words.
“It’ll be fun”, Warriors All-Star Draymond Green said. “It all comes in different forms”. When you’re trading two for three, you know it’ll take at least two possessions to make up for any 3-pointer the opponent makes.
“We got a big one last night to stay alive, and now we’ve got some momentum”. It doesn’t matter, we have a Finals rematch.
“I respect a guy who continues to fight. He did a good job of making some tough shots over our bigs”. “We beat them everywhere else; they beat us from the 3-point line, and that was the series”.
The Warriors’ other sharpshooter Klay Thompson missed his first seven shots, but finished with 21 points, with six from 11 from beyond the three point line.
The Warriors erased a 3-1 deficit against the Thunder, winning the critical Game 7 and advancing to the NBA Finals for a second consecutive year. The bench stepped up. “This whole playoff run has kind of been a rollercoaster ride for me specifically but also for our team”. “There’s no moral victories in our locker room after the game”. It was, ‘Let’s figure this out.
The Warriors need to get past LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Sharks need to recover from losing Game 1 of the Cup Final to Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
Rangers pitcher Jake Diekman was surprised that the Thunder seemed to concede the game with time left on the clock while fellow pitcher Luke Jackson was just impressed by Curry’s performance. That’s the one thing I’ve learned.
“We had our instances and nothing was on goal, but he battled and I battled”. “But I don’t know if that tells the story of the full seven games if you look at the entirety”.
Curry, for one, scored 36 points for the GSW, 15 of which were made during the fourth quarter alone. He could make up to $176 million over five years if he leaves the Thunder, either this summer or in 2017.
Stephen Curry’s injury in the first two rounds was enough to be concerned about when the Warriors were to matchup with OKC. “We wanted to get a chance to play for a championship in the finals, so that hurts”.
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LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, looking far more formidable than the team Golden State defeated previous year, will be the opponent again for Stephen Curry and the Warriors beginning Thursday night (Friday in Manila). Of course there was no reason to play it cool.
